Diffrent things at Diffrent times

Chapter 9 was pretty interesting. It showed a continuation of what happened after the plane crash that Billy Pilgrim was in. Rushed to the hospital. He then laid in a bed next to an old man in his 70s. The 70 year old man See's himself more as in his 40s and has a wife that is 22 years old. His wife is a high school drop out and is extremely pretty yet extremely stupid. Her IQ is 103. Having a 22 year old as his wife this old man believes it just makes him look more like superman. I believe it makes him look more dumb and useless. Why is he using her? He barely knows her yet he takes advantage of her stupidity. What I do like about the old man is that he takes care of himself and is constantly curious about history,. But as I what I can see in the book he is an annoying old man who believes everyone should agree with him. For example he believes that weak people should die, yet the doctor's disagree with him and know that every life should be allowed a chance to live. This man believes that to be the "macho man" he has to be with a young girl. It seems that he believes it will make him appear younger. Yet he is old enough to be her father, actually her grandfather. As the people from the Netherlands say, "sjeesj."

The drastic amount of effort Billy's wife puts is almost exaggerated. It is true she is extremely involve with Billy, but with her impatience she loses her life. This scene reminds me of what my mother sometimes says, "It is better to lose one second in your life, than your life in one second." I believe because of her impatience she managed to lose her life in one second. Off course it was out of love, but by her dying this may make Billy suffer more. Although he might just remember what the tralmaphadorians say. Now his wife is dead. So it goes.